{"id":13190,"date":"2008-11-21T19:36:14","date_gmt":"2008-11-21T11:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.russianshanghai.com\/?p=13190"},"modified":"2023-11-21T19:38:14","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T11:38:14","slug":"moscow-ed-cityweekend-magazine-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.russianshanghai.com\/?p=13190","title":{"rendered":"Moscow-ed (CityWeekend magazine, 2008)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityweekend.com.cn\/shanghai\/articles\/mag-sh\/peeps\/my-peeps-aleksandra-drozdova-russian-club\/\">Interview<\/a> with Aleksandra Drozdova to CityWeekend (2008)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>How long has the Russian Club been around?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re actually celebrating our tenth anniversary this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Congratulations! Do you have anything special planned? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Of course, we&#8217;re planning a large celebration and members of Russian communities from all over China and other Asian countries are coming to Shanghai.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wow, Shanghai must be an important Russian community to attract such a crowd. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Before the 1950s, more than 30,000 Russians lived in Shanghai. Today there are 1,300 to 1,500 Russians in the city, but Russian influence can be seen all over Shanghai.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;re guessing you don&#8217;t mean fur hats during the winter. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No, there are many examples of Russian architecture in Shanghai.<\/p>\n<p>Like the Exhibition Center?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, also the cathedral on Xinle Lu. It is probably the most important structure left.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It used to be a nightclub, right? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, but through the efforts of the Russian Club, and with the cooperation of some Chinese government agencies, we were able to begin restoring it to its original use.<\/p>\n<p><strong>So, back to your anniversary celebration, what sort of events do you have planned? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;ll be combined with a conference of Russians living in China. We will have Russian diplomats from China as special guests as well as events celebrating Russian culture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And food, right?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No party is complete without a nice buffet. Well, there&#8217;s actually only one Russian restaurant in Shanghai.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Better start cooking now then<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interview with Aleksandra Drozdova to CityWeekend (2008) How long has the Russian Club been around? We&#8217;re actually celebrating our tenth anniversary this year. Congratulations! Do you have anything special planned? Of course, we&#8217;re planning a large celebration and members of Russian communities from all over China and other Asian countries are coming to Shanghai. Wow, Shanghai must be an important Russian community to attract such<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[183],"tags":[284],"class_list":["post-13190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","tag-zhurnal-cityweekend"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.russianshanghai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.russianshanghai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.russianshanghai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.russianshanghai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.russianshanghai.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13190"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/new.russianshanghai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13191,"href":"https:\/\/new.russianshanghai.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13190\/revisions\/13191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.russianshanghai.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.russianshanghai.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.russianshanghai.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}